Current Affairs: 25th February 2022

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1) Rakesh Sharma has been re-appointed as the
MD & CEO of which bank?

A. Yes Bank • The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has approved the
reappointment of Rakesh Sharma as Managing
B. HDFC Bank Director and Chief Executive Officer of IDBI Bank.
• Sharma has been appointed for a period of three
C. IDBI Bank years with effect from March 19, 2022.
• He was previously appointed as the MD & CEO of the
D. Axis Bank bank in October 2018.

Ans-C
2) Who has been appointed as the CEO & MD of
Hindustan Unilever Ltd (HUL)?
• FMCG major Hindustan Unilever Ltd (HUL) has
announced the separation of the position of
Chairman of the Board and the CEO & Managing
A. Rishi Gupta Director of the company.
• Nitin Paranjpe has been appointed as the Non-
B. Sanjiv Mehta Executive Chairman of the company with effect from
March 31, 2022.
C. Pawan Munjal • He is currently serving as Chief Operating Officer of
Unilever, the parent company of HUL.
D. Chandra Ghosh • Sanjiv Mehta will continue to be the Chief Executive
Officer & Managing Director (CEO & MD) of the
company.
Ans-B
3) Which country has launched its first
hydrogenpowered train?
• Japan has launched its first hydrogen-powered train.
• Japan has come forward to take this step to fulfill the
objective of becoming carbon neutral by 2050.
A. China • East Japan Railway (JR East) plans to undertake test
runs for the new train from late March 2022.
B. Japan • Named as Hybari, is the two-car train that costs over
USD 35 million or 4 billion yen.
C. USA • It might go up to 140 kilometers or 87 miles at a top
speed of 100 kilometers per hour on single hydrogen
D. Russia refueling.
• The train was developed by East Japan Railway
associated with Hitachi and Toyota Motor
Corporation. Ans-B
4) Total, How many Rafale aircrafts has been
received by India from France?

• Three more Rafale fighter aircraft landed in India

from France on February 22, 2022, with Indian
A. 25 Rafales specific enhancements.
• With this new arrival of the three jets, the total
B. 27 Rafales Rafale fleet with Indian Air Force (IAF) has reached
35.
C. 32 Rafales • The 36th and final aircraft will arrive in India from
France by March- April 2022, and will be a trainer
D. 35 Rafales aircraft.
• In September 2016, India exchanged Rs 59,000 crore
deal with France for 36 Rafale fighter jets
Ans-D
5) Who has been appointed as Deputy MD of CSB
Bank following RBI’s approval?
• Pralay Mondal has recently(February 2022) been
appointed as deputy managing director of CSB Bank
following RBI’s approval for the same.
A. Pralay Mondal • RBI’s approval comes barely one-and-a-half months
before managing director CVR Rajendran retires on
B. Abhijeet Sen March 31. CVR has decided to take early retirement
on health grounds.
C. Saundarya Jain • Pralay Mondal’s appointment comes into effect from
Thursday for a period of three years.
D. Namit Saran • He has three decades of banking experience with
several top lenders such as Axis Bank, HDFC Bank and
YES Bank, has been with CSB since September 23,
2020 as president Ans-A
6) Indian Navy’s multilateral exercise "MILAN 2022"
has been started in which city?
• The latest edition of the Indian Navy’s multilateral exercise
MILAN 2022 has been started on 25th February at the ‘City
of Destiny’.
A. Bengaluru • The Vishakhapatnam is known as ‘City of Destiny’.
• Exercise is being conducted over a duration of 9 days in two
phases with the harbour phase scheduled from 25 to 28
B. Vishakhapatnam February and Sea Phase from 01 to 04 March.
• India is celebrating the 75th year of its independence in
C. Kochi 2022, and MILAN 22 provides an opportunity to
commemorate this milestone with our friends and partners.
D. Chennai • It is notable that country is celebrating the 75th year of its
independence in 2022, and MILAN 22 provides an
opportunity to commemorate this milestone with our
friends and partners.
Ans-B
7) Anti-submarine warfare aircraft "P-8I" has been
developed by which company?
• The Indian Navy received the 12th anti-submarine warfare
aircraft “P-8I” from the US-based aerospace company Boeing on
February 23, 2022.
• This is the fourth of four additional aircraft, for which the
A. Boeing contract was signed in 2016.
• The Ministry of Defence had signed a contract for eight P-8I
B. Airnetz aircraft in 2009. However, later in 2016, it signed a contract for
four additional P-8I aircraft.
C. Aroon • P-8I is a long-range maritime reconnaissance and
AntiSubmarine Warfare Aircraft, and a variant of the P-8A
Poseidon used by the US Navy.
D. BrahMos • India was the first international customer of Boeing for this
aircraft.
• The Indian Navy inducted the first P-8I aircraft in 2013.
Ans-A
8) Who has become a full-time member of the
Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Council?
• Noted economist and historian Sanjeev Sanyal has been
inducted as a full-time member in the reconstituted
Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister
A. Chetan Ghate (EACPM).
• He has been appointed for a tenure of two years.
• Sanyal is currently serving as the principal economic
B. Sandeep Bakshi adviser in the Ministry of Finance.
• The EAC-PM is an independent body constituted by the
C. Sanjeev Sanyal central government that advises the prime minister on
economic and related issues. It was reconstituted in
D. None of these October 2021, for a period of two years, after its term
came to an end in September 2021.
• Chairman of EAC-PM – Niti Aayog member Bibek Debroy.
Ans-C
9) Author of the book "The Great Tech Game:
Shaping Geopolitics and the Destinies of Nations"?

• Indian author Anirudh Suri has come out with his

A. Anirudh Suri new book titled “The Great Tech Game: Shaping
Geopolitics and the Destinies of Nations.’
B. Chetan Ghate • It has been published by HarperCollins India.
• In this book, the author lays out a roadmap for how
C. Sanjay Malhotra any country must develop its own strategic plan to
succeed in this technology-dominant era.
D. Sanjay Shrotriya • Anirudh Suri is the founding partner and managing
director of India Internet Fund

Ans-A
10) How many MPs was shortlisted for the "Sansad
Ratna Award 2022"?

A. Eleven
B. Twelve • NCP’s Supriya Sule and BJD’s Amar Patnaik are among
11 MPs(8 LS +3 RS) shortlisted for the Sansad Ratna
C. Thirteen Award 2022.

D. Fourteen

Ans-A
11) GDP growth estimate of India in CY2022 as per
Moody’s?

A. 7% • Rating agency Moody’s has revised the economic

growth estimates of India for Calendar Year (CY) 2022
B. 9.5% and CY2023, in its Global Macro Outlook 2022-23, as
follows:
C. 8.4% • CY2022- 9.5 percent (Earlier it was 7 percent)
• CY2023 – 5.5 percent
D. 9.7%

Ans-B
12) What is the estimated GDP growth rate of India
in the FY22, as per India Ratings?

A. 7.3 percent
• India Ratings & Research (India Ratings) has revised
B. 9.1 percent downwards the GDP growth forecast of the country
for 2021-22 (FY22) to 8.6 percent.
C. 8.6 percent • Earlier this was projected at 9.2 percent
D. 10.2 percent

Ans-C
13) Indian Institute of Technology will establish its
first branch outside India in -
• The Indian Institute of Technology will establish its first
branch outside India in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) as
part of the India-UAE trade deal signed.
A. Bangladesh • The Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement
(CEPA) signed between the UAE and India will usher in a
new phase of joint strategic cooperation in all sectors.
B. UAE • The two nations will also set up an India-UAE cultural
council to facilitate and promote cultural projects,
C. Uruguay crosscultural exchanges and exhibitions.
• The two countries and realising the need to establish
D. Egypt worldclass institutions that encourage and support
innovation and technological progress, the leaders agreed
to establish an Indian Institute of Technology in the United
Arab Emirates. Ans-B
14) Which Union Minister has launched the ERP
system of Coal India Limited?
• Union Minister Prahlad Joshi launched the ERP system of Coal
India Limited(CIL) on February 23, 2022.
• It is notable that ERP is a great tool of information technology
intervention, which will help CIL improve its business
A. Prahlad Joshi performance and growth with enhanced data integrity and cost
effectiveness.
B. Piyush Goyal • ERP stands for – Enterprise Resource Planning.
• ERP system of CIL will in turn help the national miner evolve as
C. Rajnath Singh a global player.
• At its core, an ERP is an application that automates business
processes, and provides insights and internal controls, drawing
D. Amit Shah on a central database that collects inputs from departments
including accounting, manufacturing, supply chain
management, sales, marketing and human resources (HR).
Ans-A
15) Who has composed the signature tune for
“Vande Bharatam”?

• The signature tune for “Vande Bharatam”, composed by

Grammy Award winner Ricky Kej and Oscar contender
A. Ricky Kej Bickram Ghosh, was released by the Ministry of Culture
on 22 February 2022 at an event under the Azaadi Ka
Amrit Mahotsav.
B. Bickram Ghosh • On this occasion Defence Ministry handed over the special
trophy to Ministry of Culture in recognition of its
C. Both (1) & (2) exemplary efforts during the Republic day Event 2022.
• It is notable that ‘Vande Bharatam’ song was produced for
D. None of the above Vande Bharatam, Nritya Utsav of Ministry of Culture
presented at Rajpath, New Delhi for the national Republic
Day event 2022.
Ans-C
16) As per Nasscom, What is India's rank in terms of
ecosystem for start-ups?
• Accordingly Nasscom, India has the third-largest
ecosystem for start-ups in the world and the number of
such firms is growing significantly.
A. Third • Most of the start-ups are on the application side, while a
lot of work has also been done in the field of software-
aided services.
B. Second • It is notable that the number of start-ups is growing
significantly in India with ten per cent being added every
C. Fourth year.
• Nasscom centre of excellence is the largest tech
D. Fifth innovation ecosystem in India, comprising start-ups,
innovators, enterprises and the government.
• Funding pattern is getting healthier for the unicorns in
India. Ans-A
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